It took an extra inning as Roy-Hart improved to 4-0 with a 5-0 victory over Olean in a non league game at St. Bonaventure University this afternoon.

The Rams scores all five of their runs in the top of the eighth inning on a two-run home run by Brayden Hy, a double by Thomas Russo, an error, a hit batter, a single by Zach Walker, a steal of home by Dawson Draper and a balk.

Jake Gould and Draper shared the shutout pitching duties for the Rams allowing 5 hits and striking out 13.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Amari Jones puts the ball in play during the Purple Eagles home field win over Holley this afternoon. The Hawks catcher is Miles Lammes.

A big first inning scoring burst ignited Albion to a 20-0 win over visiting Holley in a non league game this afternoon.

Albion erupted for 6 runs in the first inning on a double by Javon Jones and singles by Jason Conn, Nathan Gibson, Caden Uderitz and Dallas Ecker.

The Purple Eagles then broke the contest wide open by exploding for 6 runs in the third inning and 7 more in the third. Conn, Jacob Hughson, Gibson, Ecker and Javon Jones all had hits in the second.

Four Albion pitchers – Javon Jones, Ecker, Amari Jones and Chris Sacco – combined to hurl a no hitter with a total of 11 strikeouts.

Contributed Photo – Maddie Fry

Roy-Hart graduate Maddie Fry is enjoying a very successful senior  season as a starting outfielder for the Mercyhurst University softball team.

Fry currently leads Mercyhurst in hitting with a .486 average including 7 doubles, 1 triple, 16 RBI and 33 runs scored.

She has led the Lakers in hitting in each of her first three years with averages of .488. .426 and .505.

Most recently she went 2 for 2 with an RBI and 3 runs scored in Saturday’s 12-2 win over Gannon which improved Mercyhurst’s record to 19-13.

She is majoring in Early Childhood and Special Education.

Local duo homers for NCCC

Roy-Hart grad Shelby Wolf hit two home runs and Barker grad Sydnie Luckman 1 for the NCCC softball team this past week. Both players are hitting over .350 for the Thunderwolves.

Niagara-Orleans League softball competition will get underway on Wednesday with Albion at Barker, defending champion Roy-Hart at Akron and Newfane at Wilson, all at 4:45 p.m. Medina, which has the bye on Wednesday, will open at Albion on Friday.

The Genesee Region League baseball and softball seasons will likewise get underway on Wednesday with both Lyndonville teams opening on the road and Holley hosting rival Kendall in softball.

The N-O League baseball openers are scheduled for Monday April 17.

The N-O tennis season, which was unable to open last week due to bad weather, will get going beginning on Monday when Medina hosts Albion at 4 p.m.

Baseball competition this week will be highlighted by a pair of interesting games on Monday as Roy-Hart will face Olean at St. Bonaventure University and Albion will entertain Holley whose coach is Purple Eagles alum John Warne. A four year starter at catcher during his scholastic days at Albion, he helped lead the Purple Eagles to three straight N-O titles from his sophomore to senior years.

Weekly Schedule
Monday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Wilson, 4 p.m.; Holley at Albion, 4:45 p.m.; Roy-Hart vs. Olean at St. Bonaventure, 5 p.m.; Batavia at Medina, 7 p.m.
Softball – Holley at Medina, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Medina, Attica at Holley, Kendall at Wheatland-Chili, 4 p.m.

Tuesday
Baseball – Barker at Kendall, 4:30 p.m.; Oakfield-Alabama at Medina, 4:45 p.m.
Softball – Barker at Kendall, Lyndonville at Akron, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Medina at Akron, 4 p.m.

Wednesday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Elba, Holley at Pembroke, 5 p.m.
Softball – Kendall at Holley, 4:30 p.m.; Albion at Barker, Roy-Hart at Akron, Newfane at Wilson, 4:45 p.m.; Notre Dame at Medina, Lyndonville at Alexander, 5 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at Sweet Home, 7:30 p.m.
Tennis – Albion at Roy-Hart, Akron at Barker, Newfane at Wilson, Alexander at Holley, Kendall at Byron-Bergen, 4 p.m.
Track – Lyndonville at Kendall, Holley at Attica, 4:45 p.m.

Thursday
Baseball – Albion at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.; Alexander at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Kendall at Attica, 5 p.m.
Softball – Pembroke at Holley, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis – Barker at Albion, Wilson at Roy-Hart, Medina at Kendall, 4 p.m.

Friday
Baseball – Lyndonville at Newfane, 4:30 p.m.; Attica at Holley, 5 p.m.
Softball – Medina at Albion, Roy-Hart at Newfane, Akron at Barker, 4:45 p.m.; Lyndonville at Elba, 5 p.m.
Tennis – Wilson at Albion, Roy-Hart at Akron, Barker at Medina, Pembroke at Holley, 4 p.m.
Lacrosse – Medina at East Aurora, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday
Baseball – Barker at Elba, Kendall at Notre Dame, 11 a.m.
Softball – Roy-Hart at Lyndonville, 10 a.m.; Holley at Attica, 11 a.m.

Getting multiple hit efforts from five players, Barker posted a 14-9 win over visiting Elba in a non league softball game today.

Natalie Brandel had 4 hits, Peyton Bradley and Mia Herman 3 and Rachel Sutter and Arianna Sturtevant 2 for the Lady Raiders. Herman had a total of 5 RBI.

Now at 2-0, Barker next visits Kendall on Tuesday before opening the Niagara-Orleans League season at home on Wednesday against Albion.

Strong pitching keyed Roy-Hart to a 3-1 win over host Lockport in a non league baseball game this afternoon.

Thomas Russo allowed no hits and struck out 13 over the first five innings and Dawson Draper gave up 2 hits with 5 strikeouts over the last two frames for the Rams.

Breaking away from a scoreless deadlock, Roy-Hart scored once in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Brayden Hy.

The Rams added a run in the sixth on a sacrifice bunt by Sean Mettler and one more in the seventh on an RBI single by Draper.

Improving to 3-0, Roy-Hart next faces Olean at St. Bonaventure University at 5 p.m. Monday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Kendall into the upcoming softball season will be this group of veterans. In front are Emma Quintern, Taigan Guerrero and Lauren Pilon. In back are Brooke Rodas, Danielle Offhaus and Ella Christ.

Underclassmen dominate the lineup for the Kendall varsity softball squad which is scheduled to open the season with a non league home game against Barker at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Kendall, which has only four seniors on its 16 member squad, is led by the veteran group of seniors Taigan Guerrero (outfield), Lauren Pilon (first base) and Emma Quintern (outfield) along with junior Danielle Offhaus (pitcher), sophomore Ella Christ (shortstop) and freshman Brooke Rodas (catcher/infield). Pilon earned Genesee Region League All-Star honors last spring.

The Lady Eagles roster also includes senior Danon O’Brien (second base), juniors Angelina Aguirre (outfield), Alliya Bills (outfield/infield), Erin Bills (outfield), Amber Harrier (outfield), Kylie Marion (outfield/infield), Gracie Robb (outfield/infield) along with sophomores MaKaila Abrams (outfield/infield) and Lia Larson (third base/catcher) and freshman Alea Barrett (second base).

Kendall’s graduation loses included G-R All-Stars Sara Mattle (pitcher) and Shelby Kruger (third base) along with Honorable Mention selections Grace Levett (second base), Grace Robinson (shortstop), Julie Coble (outfield) and Libby Snyder (outfield).

“We lost quite a bit but we have a good group back so we’re going to build around them,” said Coach Jeff Parizek.

Kendall is slated to open the G-R season at rival Holley on Wednesday.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Veteran members of the Kendall varsity baseball team include, in front, Nick Cole, Colby Hughes and James Swift. In back are James Fox, Nate Shaw, Zach Barrett and Louis Conte.

Looking to keep the momentum from last spring’s strong 10-3 league and 12-5 overall record, Kendall is set to begin prepping for the Genesee Region campaign by hosting Barker in a non league game at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Anchoring the Kendall lineup will be the veteran group of senior Zach Barrett (pitcher/shortstop), juniors Louis Conte (infield/pitcher), James Fox (outfield/pitcher), James Swift (catcher/third base/outfield), Nate Shaw (first base), Jacek Kwiatkowski (outfield/infield/pitcher), sophomore Colby Hughes (catcher/second base) and freshman Nick Cole (first base/pitcher). Barrett and Conte both earned G-R All-Star honors.

The Eagles underclassmen dominated roster also includes senior Ronald Kuhn (outfield), junior Evan Levett (outfield), sophomore Gavin Braun (outfield/pitcher) and freshmen Jonathan Conte (first base/third base/pitcher) and Vincent D’Agostino (outfield/second base).

“We’ve got a pretty good core nucleus so we should be able to build on what we accomplished last year,” said Coach Tige Noni.

The Eagles are slated to begin the G-R season with four straight road games at Attica on April 13, at Notre Dame on the 15th, a Byron-Bergen on the 17th and at Lyndonville on the 18th.

Holley dropped a narrow 4-2 decision to visiting Perry in the Hawks non league season opening baseball game this afternoon.

Perry claimed the win by scoring twice in the top of the seventh inning on two walks, a single and a double to snap a 2-2 deadlock.

Holley had tied the game in the fifth inning on a two-run single by Seth Janus which followed a single by Eli Lang and an error.

Miles Lammes also had a hit on the day for the Hawks.

Holley starting pitcher Ryan Dunn struck out 7 in five innings of work on the mound.

Holley next visits Albion at 4:45 p.m. Monday for another non league contest.